The Portrayal of Asian Women in Media (ft. Kaila Yu, Fetishized)

媒体中对亚洲女性的描绘(特邀嘉宾:Kaila Yu,被物化)

Eat Your Crust

2025-08-13

49 分钟
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Today, Kaila Yu, author of the memoir Fetishized joins us to explore how Asian women are portrayed in the media. We discuss the impact of books like Memoirs of a Geisha and raunch culture from the 2000s, and talk about how much of the media we consume is internalized as women. We chat about how to ground ourselves in self-love instead of seeking validation externally. Find Kaila on Instagram @kailayu or on her website kailayu.com. Her book, Fetishized: A Reckoning with Yellow Fever, Feminism, and Beauty will be out in all stores on August 19th! Support the show Follow us on social media @eatyourcrustpod
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  • Hi, welcome back to Eat Your Crust Podcast.

  • I'm Jisoo.

  • I'm Crystal.

  • And I'm Kyla.

  • So we are super excited for today's episode and our guest today is someone who many of you may recognize.

  • She is the author of the memoir Fetishize, which is soon to be out as of this episode.

  • and the former lead singer of the all Asian American female rock band Nylon Pink.

  • And she's also a former import model and amongst that many other things as well.

  • So welcome, Kyla Yu.

  • Hi, thanks for having me.

  • Yeah, of course.

  • We're so excited to have you on.

  • And as related to your book coming out,

  • we really wanted to focus this episode on talking about the hypersexualization of Asian women and you know,

  • all of the complications and like fetishization that comes with that,

  • since you cover a lot of that in your memoir.

  • So to start us off, just a quick question.

  • What did the hypersexualization of Asian women in media look like when you were growing up?

  • Yeah, so when I was in elementary school, There was no real Asian.

  • I can't even remember anything.